The events are being held a little more than a month after Clinton appeared with Obama at another fundraiser for the president’s reelection campaign, held at the Virginia home of former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe.

Guests are being asked to pony up as much as $100,000 per couple to attend the event, in exchange for hotel rooms in Charlotte and convention credentials. It’s one of the first major high-dollar events for the Charlotte host committee, which has been laboring to raise money under rules imposed by the Democratic National Committee that prohibit donations from for-profit corporations, political action committees and registered lobbyists.

But as we reported last month, organizers have found a way for monied interests to play a role in financing the event. Convention officials have encouraged corporate executives to write personal checks. They have suggested that corporations can donate goods and services to the convention, and give up to $100,000 through a corporate foundation. Lobbyists can also bundle money in exchange for perks such as credentials. And union money is not prohibited.

In addition, a separate committee called New American City accepts unlimited sums from corporations. That fund pays for all the host committee’s administrative overhead – including the costs of producing fundraisers such as the one Clinton will headline – and welcome parties for the media and delegates.

Convention officials have declined to release the tally of how much the host committee has raised so far, but spokeswoman Suzi Emmerling said Thursday that fundraising is “right on track.”